It's her!
It really is her!
It really is He Jing!
Zhu Qian's pretty face paled, and she quickly asked again, "What exactly did she give you to make the barbecue taste so good?"
Kobayashi gave her a forced smile, looking at her with an expression as if she were an idiot. What businesswoman would be so foolish as to reveal the secret to getting rich that she had finally obtained?
Zhu Qian realized the problem the moment she finished speaking. She took a step back, feeling both embarrassed and annoyed, and then turned and ran away.
After finishing their barbecue, Qian Lizhen and Zhu Rui stood in front of Xiao Lin's grill for a while, savoring the aftertaste. Of course, Qian Lizhen didn't forget her ultimate purpose for eating barbecue. While Xiao Lin was talking to Zhu Qian, she grabbed a handful of the remaining dipping sauce from the side of the grill and hurriedly left.
This barbecue is so delicious, she wants to make it herself so she can eat it every day!
Back at the Zhu family home, Zhu Qiang was smoking by the window while Zhu Qian was sitting on the sofa, looking angry. Zhu Rui, with bright eyes, said, "Dad, look what Mom brought back!"
Zhu Qiang looked up and saw Qian Lizhen put down the dipping sauce she had been holding all the way on a plate. Although the aroma was not as strong as it was at Xiao Lin's food stall, it filled the entire living room.
Zhu Qiang's pupils dilated, and he jumped to his feet, saying, "What is this? Is it the secret recipe He Jing gave to Xiao Lin?"
Qian Lizhen said reproachfully, "How could I possibly be lying when I'm involved?"
Zhu Qian also quickly stood up from the sofa.
The family of four gathered around the table, staring at the brightly colored dipping sauce in the plate.
Zhu Qian's face lit up with joy: "That's great! With this, we can also research the formula."
Zhu Rui: "Mhm."
Without hesitation, Zhu Qiang and Qian Lizhen scooped up some of the dipping sauce from the plate and savored it. Without the added flavor of barbecue, it was less appealing, but the taste was still quite unique.
It's completely different from their usual barbecue dipping sauces, it has...
"There are onions!"
Zhu Qian also secretly picked up a little with her fingertip, put it in her mouth, and said loudly.
Zhu Qiang glanced at her indifferently. Everyone knows there are onions in the dipping sauce; it's arguably the most prominent and obvious flavor in the sauce.
Zhu Qian immediately shrank back in embarrassment.
They spent an hour or two like this, and apart from onions and Sichuan peppercorns, they couldn't taste anything else. The other fine powders looked similar to several spices, but they just couldn't tell which one they were.
Qian Lizhen suggested, "Why don't we get it appraised by an agency? It'll only cost a little money, but we can earn it back later."
Zhu Qiang pondered for a moment: "Okay."
So, this dish of various spices, stained with sweat and chili oil, was handed over to professionals, who paid an appraisal fee of 28,000 yuan.
Three days later, the test results came out. When Qian Lizhen saw the words "possibly fennel" and "suspected perilla leaves" written on the results paper, she broke down.
"Give me my money back!"
The staff member adjusted his glasses and said meticulously, "Before the testing, we informed you of the worst-case scenario: the items you sent were all powder, and they were covered with many unidentified substances. It's difficult for us to determine exactly what these powders are."
Zhu Qiang's face was grim. What else could that unidentified object be but ordinary dust, charcoal ash, sweat, and saliva...?
If they can't even identify this, does that mean they really can't make the same dipping sauce as Xiaolin's food stall?
No, he doesn't believe it!
Unable to handle the staff, Qian Lizhen, lacking her own judgment, asked Zhu Qiang, "Damn it, what should we do now?"
Zhu Qiang: "Go to the spice wholesale market and buy all kinds of spices, then try them one by one!"
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